Steel-helmeted police, aided by airplanes, yesterday arrested nineteen persons and wounded two resisting arresting arrest in searching the woods near Myszlenice, West Galicia, for anti-Semites who Tuesday night raided the town and carried on depredations against Jews.
While police continued to round up the band of 150, mainly Krakow students, the district governor and police authorities arrived in the town to investigate the excesses.
Krakow police were believed to have arrested Adam Doboszynski, wealthy landowner and president of the Krakow District anti-Semitic National Democratic Party, who was described in an official statement confirming the excesses as the person who organized and led the raid.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
